In Covid era, a wreath is certainly not enough to save Christmas. The most famous case concerns Elizabeth II, forced to the loneliest Christmas ever: no grandchildren, no children, no Sandringhan. This year, for the first time in thirty-three years, the ninety-four-year-old sovereign will have to spend the holidays at Windsor with the ninety-nine year old Prince Philip. Of course, their isolation in a sumptuous castle is decidedly more tempting than the same situation experienced by most ordinary mortals in a sixty square meter apartment.
But the feeling of loneliness, the pain for lack of affection, must not be so different.
The rest of the Windsors are not faring better: the principe William and his wife Kate they had in mind to spend Christmas at the Middletons’ house, fostering a “bubble” with the Duchess’s parents, Carole e Michael, and sister Pippa (plus husband and son). Plans skipped for them too. Due to the spread of the English variant of the coronavirus, Boris Johnson, in view of the holidays, has tightened the rules. And the Cambridge too they had to change their plans: they will spend December 25 at Anmer Hall together with children George, Charlotte and Louis (and without grandparents).
Camilla Parker BowlesInstead, due to Covid she was forced to give up an appointment that is particularly close to her heart: Clarence House Christmas tree decoration, where he lives with Prince Charles, together with throngs of children shouting accompanied by their parents. The event, supported by the Helen and Douglas House children’s hospice, of which Camilla is patron, this year first went online.
Christmas is coming… ✨
Keen to continue her annual tradition, The Duchess of Cornwall has had a little virtual help from children supported by @HelenAndDouglas House Hospice to decorate the Clarence House Christmas tree. 🎄https://t.co/nY8nnueL1A
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) December 21, 2020
The royals of the rest of Europe are faring no better. For example Madeleine of Sweden, that live in Miami with her American husband Chris O’Neill and their three children, she has just shown, in an interview on Swedish public television, all her “sadness”. For two reasons: not only will he not be able to reunite his family for Christmas, but neither will he be able to celebrate the 77th birthday of his mother, Queen Silvia, on 23 December.
A wreath does not save Christmas nor does it save from the coronavirus. After Charles of England e Albert of Monaco also the fifteen years old Christian of Denmark tested positive for Covid-19, thus adding the sad distinction of being the first teenage royal to contract the virus and forcing his entire family to isolate themselves in Palazzo Frederik VIII. The eldest son of the prince Frederik and his wife Mary Donaldson, who contracted the virus in early December, has just reappeared on the royal house’s Instagram profile. As he joins his family to light an Advent candle.
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